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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler
I think it was discovered that they were in the area somewhere...
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Ah, so they roughly know where the planes were hidden with a view to not being found easily by the enemy, and 'stored underground' actually means buried.
Twenty boxed, unassembled Spitfires sounds very interesting, but one has to wonder about the impact of 70 years of tropical humidity.
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Originally Posted by martyh
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I think they were purposely hidden/buried to avoid them falling into enemy hands. They now seem to have a rough idea of where they were hidden.
From Cobby's link:
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Originally Posted by bbc
British and Burmese authorities could work together to find 20 Spitfires buried in Burma at the end of the World War II, officials say.
The case of the missing planes was raised when PM David Cameron met Burmese President Thein Sein.
A Downing Street source said it was "hoped this will be an opportunity to work with the reforming Burmese government".
The exact location of the planes is unknown.
The planes were buried in 1945 by the RAF amid fears that they could either be used or destroyed by foreign forces, but in the intervening years they have not been located.
At the time they were unused, still in crates, and yet to be assembled.
It has been reported that experts from Leeds University and an academic based in Rangoon believe they may have identified the sites where the craft are concealed using sophisticated radar techniques.
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